By Brandon Arrow


Exercising has been recognized as the best action to take to improve the lifestyle. It both helps with weight loss and with firming the body, making it look less flat by eliminating the flabby look. Many will do anything to get those six pack abs. Firm is preferable to flab. Exercising helps, but may or may not give you the look you want.

The focus on fitness has recently increased. Many of the major diseases that cause the majority of deaths are the result of poor health habits. These include such things as obesity, cardiac problems, diabetes, and certain cancers that are caused or exacerbated by an excess of fat tissue.

There are two basic types of exercises, each with its own purpose. Aerobic ones are to burn overall fat and help with cardiac fitness. They increase the heart rate and respiration. They include whole body movements, and are such things as running and jogging, swimming and cycling, and others of this type. They build muscle mass, making the percentage of overall body fat decrease.

Anaerobic exercises are weight-lifting and strength-building ones. They firm and build up certain areas. This makes the area look slimmer. Though some people think they help decrease fat, they really don't. They just make the area look less fat due to the support of firmer muscles underneath the fat. Thus, they appear to decrease fat in the belly or thighs.

It is important to do both types of exercises to get the most benefit. Aerobic can be done daily, or alternated with anaerobic. However, anaerobic should have at least a day of rest in between episodes. Aerobic should be done at least three times weekly. It is best to do thirty minutes at a time, but some studies have shown that three ten minute episodes are just as good.

It is important, to track the types and times of exercise and areas focused on. Minimum tracking should include days and types performed, time, repetitions, and amount of weights, etc. Additionally, it is a good idea to keep up with heart rates.

The importance of exercising cannot be denied. However, it is important to follow certain guidelines. This requires tracking the efforts and results. The better records kept, the easier it is to see what works and what doesn't. It also helps prevent over-focus on some area, or working too strenuously for you condition and age.




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